Detachable massaging device for brushes and the like.



F. ElSENHUT.

DETACHABLE MASSAGING DEVICE FOR BRUSHES AND THE LIKE.

APPLlCATlON FILED AUG.20. 915- Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14., 191

Application filed August 20, Serial No. 46,429.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnonnion EISENHUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable MassagingDevices for Brushes and the like; and I do hereby declare the followingto'be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in massagingdevices; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to anovel means for the attachment of a massaging device to the handle of ashaving brush, or the like.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object toprovide a novel and simply-constructed massaging device for brushes, andespecially for shaving brushes; and, the invention has for its furtherobject to provide a novel and simple means for detachably securing amassagingdevice to the handle of a brush, with a view of easilyandquicklydetaching the massaging device when it is desired to removethe same for cleansing purposes, and to again easily and quickly securethe massaging device in its operative position upon the handle of thebrush, after it has been cleansed.

The invention has for its further object to provide in connection with adetachable massaging device for shaving brushes, a guard in connectiontherewith which will prevent the possibility of soap and water gettingupon the massaging fingers of the device, and thereby contaminating thesame 7 with foreign matter, or destroying the usefulness of themassaging device.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time moreparticularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of the present invention.

.Vith the various objects of the present invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, in the novel detachable V I massagingdevice for brushes hereinafter 7 set forth; and, the invention consists,furthermore, in the novel arrangements andcombinations of the variousdevices and parts,;'as well as in the details of the constructlon of thesaid-parts, all of which will specification, and then finally embodiedin the clauses of the claims which are appended to and'which form anessential part of the said specification.

The invention-is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a massaging device and a shaving brushto thehandle of which said massaging device is" attached,

and all made according to and representing one embodiment of theprinciples of the 1 present invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of thedetachablemassaging device; 3 is a ployed in the said above describedview, to

indicate corresponding parts' Referring now to the several figures ofthe drawings, the reference-character l 1nbe more fully described in'thefollowing dicates a suitable brush, such as a shaving handle, as 2. Themassaging device, which is detachably mounted upon the said handle, isindicated by the reference-character 3, and the same consists,essentially, of a suitable base, as 4, which may be'made of wood, or anyother suitable material, and

be mounted upon the of said button, in themanner' illustrated moreparticularly in Fig. Sof the drawings,'is a fleXible ca-p- 7 brush, andwhich is provided with the usual like element, as 9, madeof rubber orother analogous material, the back of said element being made with anopen portion 10, and its main body-portion 11 being made with amultiplicity of massaging fingers,as 12. Mount ed in said receivingdepression or recess 7 is a nut 13, into which is secured ascrewthreaded shank 1A, passing through the opening 10 in the cap-likeelement 9 and through the hole or perforation 8 in the button, as 1,said shank 14: being of the proper length, and having suitably affixedupon its opposite end-portion, a retaining plate or member, as 15. Uponthe said shank 1A is a locknut 16, and between this nut 16 and the backof the button A, and also mounted upon said shank 1%, is the inwardlypressed central portion 18 of a flexible guard, as 17, said'guard beingmade ofrubber, or analogous material, and its surrounding marginalportion 19 being molded in a manner so as to extend in a forwarddirection and securely embrace the rounded marginal evident. Alsomounted upon the shank lel and located between the lock-nut 16 and theretaining plate 15 is a flexible guard-member or element, as 20, made ofrubber or other analogous material.

In order to detachably secure the massaging device just described uponthe handle 2 ofthe brush 1, a split clamping ring, as 21, is employed,which is slipped over the end of the handle, into the position indicatedin Fig. 1 of the drawings. As shown, more especially in Fig. 5, thisclamp ing ring 21 is provided upon its split endportions 22 and 23 withscrew-receiving sockets as 24: and 25, respectively, the sockets 24-being internally screw-threaded, and the sockets 25 having smooth bores,for the reception of suitably constructed tightening or binding screws26. As is further shown in said Fig. 5, the said end-portions 22 and 23of the split ring 21 are also cut away, as at 27, to suitably and firmlyembrace the flexible guard-member or element 20, and to retain theclamping ring in its properly alined relation with the other elements ofthe massaging device, prior to arranging the latter upon the handle ofthe brush and before securing the massaging device in its,

struction of the said parts, without departing from the scope of thepresent invention 7 as set forth in the foregoing specification sagingelement provided with massaging members, a flexible guard mounted uponthe back of said element, said guard having a forwardly extendingmarginal portion embracing the marginal portion of the mas: saglngelement, and means connected with said massaging element for detachablysecuring said massaging device to the handle of a brush or the. like.

2. A massaging device comprising an element provided with massagingmembers, a flexible guard mounted upon said element, and means connectedwith said element for detachably securing said massaging device to thehandle of a brushor the like, consisting of a shank extending from saidelement, a retaining member connected with said shank, a split clampingring provided with screw-receiving sockets, and tightening screws insaid sockets.

3. A massaging device comprising a button-like base, a flexible cap-likeelement arranged upon the back of said base, with its marginal edgesprung over and in re-' taining engagement with the marginal edge ofsaid base, said element being provided with massaging members, and meansconnected with said base for detachably securing said massaging device.to the handle of a brush or the like.

4. A massaging device comprising a button-like base, a flexible cap-likeelement arranged upon the back of said base, with its marginal edgesprung over and in retain.- ing engagement with the marginal edge ofsaid base, said element being provided with massaging members, and meansconnected with said base for detachably securing said massaging deviceto the handle of a brush or the like, consisting of a shank extendingwith massaging members, a flexible guard.

mounted upon said element, and means connected with said base fordetachably securing' said massaging device to the handle of a brush orthe like, consisting of a shank extending from said base, a retainingmember connected with said shank, a split clamping ring provided withscrew-receiving sockets, and tightening screws in said sockets.

7 A massaging device comprising a button-like base provided in one ofits faces with a nut-receiving recess and having a hole leading from theopposite face of said base to said recess, a nut in said recess, aflexible cap-like element sprung over said base, said element beingprovided with massaging members, a screw-threaded shank extendingthrough said element and said base and screwed into said nut, a lock-nutupon said shank, and a flexible guard-member also mounted upon saidshank, a retaining member connected with said shank, and a splitclamping ring in engagement with said retaining member for detachablysecuring said massaging device to the handle of a brush or the like, thesplit end-portions of said clamping ring being provided withscrew-receiving sockets, tightening screws in said sockets, the saidend-portions of the said clamping ring being provided with cut awayportions adapted to receive and embrace the said flexible guard-member.

8. A massaging device comprising a button-like base provided in one ofits faces with a nut-receiving recess and having a hole leading from theopposite face of said base to said recess, a nut in said recess, aflexible cap-like element sprung over said base, said element beingprovided with massaging members, a screw-threaded shank extendingthrough said, element and said base and screwed into'said'nut, alock-nut upon said shank, and a flexible guard-member also mounted uponsaid shank, a retaining member connected with said shank, and a splitclamping ring in engagement with said retaining member for detachablysecuring said massaging device to the handle of a brush or. the like,the split end-portions of said clamping ring being provided withscrewreceiving sockets, tightening screws in said sockets, the saidend-portions of the said clamping ring being provided with cut awayportions adapted to receive and embrace the said flexible guard-member,and a second flexible guard mounted upon said shank between saidlock-nut and the said button-like base, said last-mentionedguardembracing a portion of the massaging member-pro-' vided element,substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

In testimony, that I claim the invention a set forth above I havehereunto set my hand this 18th day of August, 1915. v FREDERICKEISENHUT.

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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